Your slickest eBay purchase in last 12 months

Jacklitsch wrote:P.S. Many thanks to BlackSoxFan (Ted) for the link-up!!!
Hope to see you again at this year's National at which time we will

I'll be there - TShirts and all!

@#$%#$. Shoot. Just posted this and it went into a black hole somewhere, so apologies in advance if it turns up as a double post.

I saw this one on ebay with a $150 BIN and no scan. I asked the seller to email a scan and she added it to the auction instead. For some unfathomable reason, I was at home at 2:00 on a weekday afternoon and saw it had been added and hit the BIN in about 2 seconds. I bundled it with something else and traded it to Toby for my 1933 Goudey Ruth Red, which remains one of the centerpieces of my collection.

Every time there is a thread about best ebay deal or best trade I post this same old story. It's still my best ebay steal and my only trade ever, but I'm so thrilled with it that every time I post about it it feels like it happened yesterday.

Joann



Oh - and hi Ted - good to see you here :-)
And Steve and Ted, can I get in on the if I go to Nat'l this year?

i dunno joanne - do i have to give you your money back first :-)

Sorry couldn't resist....

Ted - you do that and I'll buy the first round. hee.

Joann

(Back to our regularly scheduled programming on ebay steals. Sorry for the temporary thread hijack.)

Ditto - Great to see you here Ted! I really appreciate your call to me from the National about the E90-1 Jackson when I was collecting them. I can't remember why I didn't buy it at the time, but have regretted it ever since. It was like we both knew it was a great deal, but didn't jump on it for some reason.

Scott: You just have to learn to

Jacklitsch - you are correct - I have to learn to pull the trigger. I use to do that readily and got some great deals (including a nice T215 Red Cross Type I Cobb Bat Off Shoulder for a grand). However, I did get ripped off doing it one time - bought a fake E97 Young when the scan was blurry and looked good on eBay (turned out to be a computer print out on paper). Ever since, I have been a little more careful on higher dollar cards - in this case, too careful!